Spirit Week!

The kids had a lot of fun dressing in the various themes this week: sports teams, USA, Wacky Wednesday and Pink Out.

In class this week, we have been very busy! In social studies, the students read all about the Northeast region. Today we filled out our study sheet and went over the map. We will review all next week for a quiz on Friday.

In language arts this week, we have read four chapters in Charlotte’s Web, and we really enjoyed today’s chapter, “Off to the Fair.” 4th graders have also made good progress in their Diary project.

We began a new unit of morphemes and took our first spelling-vocabulary test. The students also started learning some more new vocabulary words that appear in the second half of Charlotte’s Web.

In grammar, we focused on expanding simple sentences and remembering to capitalize proper nouns.

On Wednesday, we had a visit from author Jamie Sumner. Mrs. Sumner shared with us about the many books she has written and how her son with cerebral palsy inspired her. She wanted there to be books in his school library with characters that looked like him – in a wheelchair. We thoroughly enjoyed her presentation, and the kids asked great questions! We are still reading Roll with It, and we look forward to our visit to Harris-Hillman on 10/23. This visit really got us thinking about the issue of accessibility and how we treat others with differences.

In Morning Meetings, 4E & 4M enjoyed games of Boom, Clap, Snatch, Mystery Winker, Follow the Leader, and What are you doing?? 4M also had fun with the Price is Right greeting. They also shared about their favorite places to shop, things they love about fall and more.